The Atoms Of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules Of Grammar
by:
Mark C. Baker (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780465005215 (0465005217)
Publish date: October 3rd 2001
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
The problem with linguistics is that it’s still wedded to the humanistic disciplines of anthropology and history, which have arbitrarily classified languages by lexicon, proximity or some other, unscientific criterion. In The Atoms of Language, Mark Baker uses the analogy of the periodic table of el...